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Humans don't usually catch ear mites from cats, but a heroic American vet decided to infest his own ear to see what it would feel like if they did. He obtained some mites, inserted them in his left ear, and observed and analysed the results. His ear immediately began to itch, and he heard scratching and moving sounds. The sounds and sensations moved deep inside his ear, becoming painful and making sleep impossible. The infestation came to a natural end after a month, after which time the vet infested himself twice more to see if the same thing happened.

FLASHBACK: October 24, 1956

Protesters gather around the fallen statue of Joseph Stalin outside the National Theatre in Budapest. What began as a peaceful rally in the Hungarian capital, with calls for the former prime minister Imre Nagy to be reinstated, turned into a mass